Visitors Could Shine Light on Cuban Prisons

Updated Oct. 12, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET

Mary Anastasia O'Grady ("The Other Gitmo: Where's the Outrage?" Americas, Oct. 7) is rightly critical of the journalists who ignore human rights violations in Cuba. However, it is unfair and inaccurate for her to imply that many Americans admire Fidel Castro.

I believe most Americans are indifferent to the awful conditions in Cuba. Since we cannot easily go there, we are denied the opportunity to see firsthand the results of four decades of a Communist dictatorship. Many Americans are unaware that it is possible...